Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Assessing and using maternal mortality data
SMFM, Health Policy and Advocacy Committee, SMFM Publications Committee2026
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) strongly supports using maternal mortality data to inform programs and interventions to reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the United States. In this Special Statement, SMFM outlines the three types of maternal mortality data used in the United States; provides an overview of the common US data sources; and offers considerations and best practices for understanding, comparing, and using the data.